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Construction Inflation Costs: Are You Feeling the Squeeze?
Here's the latest update on construction supply chains, as well as how your business can manage rising costs.
Although supply has been squeezed, demand for construction and housing starts have been soaring, further driving up the price of materials.
Operations
Preventing Logistics and Supply Chain Fraud
Logistics and supply chain management have grown more complex and competitive.
Data analytics can be a powerful, cost-effective tool to increase visibility along your supply chain.
Technology
AI in Manufacturing Boosts Operational Success
As the fourth industrial revolution advances, we continue to learn how important the role of AI in manufacturing is.
AI stands to disrupt the way you, your peers and your competitors do business.
Technology
Should Your Company Pursue End-to-End Digitization?
Powerful, transformative technology can help shock-proof your business from future challenges.
When fully implemented, end-to-end digitization encompasses everything your company does, from sourcing raw materials to following up on sales made through your website—and it's all rooted in data.
Operations
Why Businesses Should Diversify Their Supply Chains
Learn about the moral, social and economic benefits of diversifying your supply chain.
Supplier diversity programs can be part of a company's efforts to maintain high moral and ethical standards.
Operations
Supply Chain Issues and Business Strategy
Supply chain issues and inflation challenge businesses in unique ways.
Identifying potential shocks to the supply chain ahead of time and proactively addressing them can also help tremendously.
Operations
The Transportation Industry and Inflation
Businesses should prepare now for inflation and transportation disruptions.
The good news is that many of the factors feeding current inflation—pent-up demand, supply chain disruptions and production delays—are temporary conditions that will be alleviated over time.
Operations
How to Make Your Business More Sustainable
How can companies go green and prevent the worst outcomes of climate change?
Allowing employees to continue to work remotely—even part of the week—means fewer cars on the road, reductions to office power consumption and less office waste.
Industry Expertise
How is Healthcare Managing Inflation and the Medical Supply Chain?
Here's how to cope with medical supply chain stress in the short term and prepare for the long term.
Once you commit to a hybrid working environment, refinements will help improve its effectiveness.
Operations
A Resilient Business Is Set Up for Long-Term Success
Learn more about business resilience, why it's important and how to foster it.
Continuity planning manages the "now," but a resilient business has the flexibility to play the long game, too.
Industry Expertise
Predictive Maintenance Optimization
How manufacturers can maximize critical assets and achieve efficiencies with predictive maintenance.
Extending the life of critical machines and equipment can go a long way in better managing capital and boosting ROI.
Operations
Preparing Your Business for Hurricane Season
Keeping your operations resilient and your risks mitigated takes planning.
Carefully review the exclusions of your insurance policies when preparing for hurricane season.
Operations
Market Your Properties Effectively by Using Multiple Channels
Learn the pros and cons of each to help you design the most cost-effective approach.
The more distribution channels you use, the more potential property viewings.
Accounting
The 411 on Cash Flow Management for Transportation Companies
In transportation firms, managing accounts receivable is crucial to a strong cash management system.
Develop systems for managing accounts receivable that help to boost the bottom line.
Technology
Warehouse Technologies to Streamline the Fulfillment Process
Avoid waste and boost productivity with the latest warehouse technologies.
There are already a number of technology solutions available that are unique to warehouse and fulfillment operations—and even more are on the horizon.
Operations
Keeping Costs Manageable in Logistics
Transportation can be a prime area of opportunity for cost reduction in logistics.
Knowing more about your business ecosystem can make it easier to mitigate threats and discover opportunities.
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